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Originally Posted by Huz-Z
As a guy who had a 400cc street bike at 17 and who is now a 40-something dad, I say sure - get your teenage son a 1100cc sport bike if you want to see him killed or maimed for life.
The power to weight ratio of one of these things is such that its performance peotential would have made it suitable to race professionally 15 years ago, as a stock out of the box item.
While a 17 year old can be relatively mature, they are still 17 year olds - bad judgment and tons of testosterone. I was a bit of a wimp but I still did things that could have got me killed easily. One guy I knew managed to do that.
At 17, sensible as you may think you are, you simply do not have the skills or the experience to handle such a machine. And if you disagree, I'll say a prayer for you.
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+1 Same age. Same viewpoint. Same current situation. Same motorcycle when I was 17, except mine was 500cc.
-Eric